Lawrence "Stan" Stanley Held

Lawrence "Stan" Stanley Held, Mason
City, Iowa, died Thursday, Jan. 4, 2007 at Muse-Norris Hospice Inpatient
Unit, Mason City. A memorial service was held Saturday, Jan. 6, at the
United Methodist Church, Ventura, Iowa with the Rev. Audrey Westendorf-Young
officiating. Inurnment will take place at a later date in Ellinwood,
Kan. Memorials may be given in his name to the Ventura United Methodist
Church. Stan was born Sept. 20, 1953 in Manhattan, Kan., the son of
Norman and Joanne (Rodgers) Held. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, trap
shooting and the outdoors. While in high school he was involved in
football and track. He graduated from Ventura High School in 1973. After
high school he entered the U.S. Navy. Following the service he lived
throughout the United States, moving back to Mason City in 2004, where
he worked at Graham. Stan is survived by his father, Dr. Norman Held and
his wife, Dorothy, Ventura; sister, Shelley Laine Szipszky and her
husband, Henry, Wasilla, Alaska and their children, Breanna and Luke
Szipszky. Stan was preceded in death by his mother. Ward-Van Slyke
Colonial Chapel, Clear Lake, was in charge of arrangements.